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>> because the president is the leader, this is the obama era, not the john boehner era. presidents have to find a way to do hard things and this didn't happen here. look, the president himself a couple weeks ago in public gave himself an incomplete, and that's essentially what i'm saying. you know what, it's a shame for everyone in this country because there could have been some partial fix or we could have gone on the road to fixing some of these things. >> and did not happen. less than a minute. some of your past book critics say you layout the facts, you vacuum them in classic style, but you go light on the analysis. did you feel more pressure to reach a conclusion, to say here is how it seemed to me after i've done the report? >> no, because the facts when you lay them out in a situation like this and talk to everyone and weigh it and as i point out, there's lots of discussion of clinton and reagan in this book, clinton did this, reagan did that, they would have done the following. you look at the president and you know as well as anyone, there's a lot of criticism c
>> because the president is the leader, this is the obama era, not the john boehner era. presidents have to find a way to do hard things and this didn't happen here. look, the president himself a couple weeks ago in public gave himself an incomplete, and that's essentially what i'm saying. you know what, it's a shame for everyone in this country because there could have been some partial fix or we could have gone on the road to fixing some of these things. >> and did not happen....
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we heard a good turn from speaker boehner. we have not seen a particular plan with respect to the other issues -- the approach we believe we should take to health care and medicare is to contain cost in the overall health care system. the per-capita increase in cost in the private health care system is running higher than in the medicare system transferring costs onto individuals and not a stress the fundamental problem. move away from a fee for service system in medicare. that is the better way to go. >> the run ideas past few that have been floating around the hill raising that trigger in terms of higher taxes for those earning a million dollars a year or $500,000 per year. how will that play? how will that play in the democratic caucus? >> people will consider various options. make sure we boost job growth and make sure we put us on a path to long-term sustainable deficit reduction. the issue is what is the revenue to cut? look at the simpson-bowles plan. look at the overall framework. look at the revenue component of how t
we heard a good turn from speaker boehner. we have not seen a particular plan with respect to the other issues -- the approach we believe we should take to health care and medicare is to contain cost in the overall health care system. the per-capita increase in cost in the private health care system is running higher than in the medicare system transferring costs onto individuals and not a stress the fundamental problem. move away from a fee for service system in medicare. that is the better...
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you have issa, you have boehner, you have the attorney general, the president. you would not think that we were in the kind of situation we're going to find ourselves in now and tomorrow. >> yet tomorrow they're on the verge of doing something very embarrassing to the country, would you say? >> their aim is to embarrass the president, embarrass this attorney general, and i think they figure that if they can do that, they'll be able to help romney win the precedency. i think americans will see through this and see how political it is. >> congressman elijah cummings, thks for your time tonight. i appreciate it. a sad day in politics tomorrow in america. that's for sure. remember to answer the question at the bottom of the screen. we want to know what you think always. next, the national rifle association is using its political powerhouse to bully house democrats into voting with republicans tomorrow. jonathan alter and bob shrum will weigh in on that and i'll have commentary. stay with us. we're right back. yes. they're still so tired looking. with olay challenge
you have issa, you have boehner, you have the attorney general, the president. you would not think that we were in the kind of situation we're going to find ourselves in now and tomorrow. >> yet tomorrow they're on the verge of doing something very embarrassing to the country, would you say? >> their aim is to embarrass the president, embarrass this attorney general, and i think they figure that if they can do that, they'll be able to help romney win the precedency. i think...
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is speaker boehner on the verge of becoming former speaker boehner? the guy who is leading the charge, and he is a republican. [beep] [indistinct chatter] [kids talking at once] [speaking foreign language] [heart beating] [heartbeat continues] [faint singing] [heartbeat, music playing louder] ♪ i'm feeling better since you know me ♪ ♪ i was a lonely soul, but that's the old me... ♪ announcer: this song was created with heartbeats of children in need. find out how it can help frontline health workers bring hope to millions of children at evybeatmatters.org. neil: all right, if you are speaker boehner, you don't relish moments like this. but he did admit he just did not have support for a plan b to throw back at the president, saying look, i'm trying to do something. i've got my members on board with raising taxes at least on millionaires, that is what i can do. let's have at it what you can come up with? but they didn't. for that, they don't like a speaker who was bolted from party dogma. ron, what does this mean, for speaker boehner, it never
is speaker boehner on the verge of becoming former speaker boehner? the guy who is leading the charge, and he is a republican. [beep] [indistinct chatter] [kids talking at once] [speaking foreign language] [heart beating] [heartbeat continues] [faint singing] [heartbeat, music playing louder] ♪ i'm feeling better since you know me ♪ ♪ i was a lonely soul, but that's the old me... ♪ announcer: this song was created with heartbeats of children in need. find out how it can help frontline...
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i wanted to get your take on speaker boehner drawing the line in the sand once again this week on the debt ceiling. should the american people be preparing for another showdown standoff on the debt ceiling? >> what i believe that the american people want us to work together to find a balanced approach, similar to what the president and he agreed to last year before he walked away from it. that is that you have -- we know we have to balance the budget. we have to establish our priorities and make the cuts accordingly and we have to have revenue on the table and we have to invest in growth because the creation of jobs is what will bring revenue to the treasury and continue our economic recovery which is important to the american people, so to toss this into the mix right now saying we have to have cuts that exceed even the lifting of the extent to which we lift the debt ceiling is really immature, irresponsible, let's get serious. >> speaker pelosi. >> yes. >> when you talk about balanced approach, you know i followed the debt ceiling so closely. it sounds like we are in the same positi
i wanted to get your take on speaker boehner drawing the line in the sand once again this week on the debt ceiling. should the american people be preparing for another showdown standoff on the debt ceiling? >> what i believe that the american people want us to work together to find a balanced approach, similar to what the president and he agreed to last year before he walked away from it. that is that you have -- we know we have to balance the budget. we have to establish our priorities...
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boehner sweat. harry reid to be working with senate republicans w are more moderate. >> or ing in daniel day lewis. >> i want to talk about the nrara quickly. on the fiscal cliff, this is friday but the markets did not star pretty. is the business community getting what they deserve? >> actually, a lot of the ceo's have been active in washington trying to broker a deal. that have been verery active and very piscivorous -- >> but a deal on their terms. >> actually not. the ceo's tend to be me morate because they arare just so bloody well feet. if you are jamie dimon, you u can say i can afford to pay more taxes. those guys do n not get affected by these tax hikes quite like the rest of us do. their army of accountants and taxx lawyers prohibit them from paying taxes. >> do you u feel like they are contributing or hurting? >> wdo not have an autocratic government. a lot of these ceo's are used to giving orders and having those orders followed. >> we finally heard friday from the national rifle associa
boehner sweat. harry reid to be working with senate republicans w are more moderate. >> or ing in daniel day lewis. >> i want to talk about the nrara quickly. on the fiscal cliff, this is friday but the markets did not star pretty. is the business community getting what they deserve? >> actually, a lot of the ceo's have been active in washington trying to broker a deal. that have been verery active and very piscivorous -- >> but a deal on their terms. >> actually...
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you heard john boehner willing to accept new revenue. heaharry reid in the senate, saying you can't push us around anymore. is this language that begins compromise. >> it will begin compromise, but it may be far more horrowing. it may be it takes place next year, rather than this year. the problem is john boehner himself has one more election. he wants to be re-elected as speaker of the house. that does not take place until january 3, 2013. if he cuts a deal with barack obama, he faces a serious revolt in his own caucus. >> tom: is your caution then don't expect a fiscal clip solution before january 3rd? is that what investors to expect? >> the best way out of this impasse for the time being, is gracious gesture for the president-elect, re-elect, president obama, he should offer to extend the tax cuts perhaps until march of next year. giving john boehner an opportunity to win his own re-election, and gather some goodwill on the republican side of the aisle. if mr. obama doesn't see it that way, we're in for a rough ride until next januar
you heard john boehner willing to accept new revenue. heaharry reid in the senate, saying you can't push us around anymore. is this language that begins compromise. >> it will begin compromise, but it may be far more horrowing. it may be it takes place next year, rather than this year. the problem is john boehner himself has one more election. he wants to be re-elected as speaker of the house. that does not take place until january 3, 2013. if he cuts a deal with barack obama, he faces a...
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boehner. that's why european markets have been trading higher the last two trading days because there is optimism that we will see a deal before the end of the year. >>> as always, why are you awake at this hour? shoot us an e-mail at waytooearly@msnbc. we'll read the best responses later in the show. >>> still ahead on "way too early," it only took 24 turnovers and 15 weeks, but jets coach rex ryan benching mark sanchez, but that doesn't mean tim tebow will start next sunday. that story and a check of weather when "way too early" comes back. >> i hereby deliver these two articles of impeachment. i love the holidays. and with my bankamericard cash rewards credit card, i love 'em even more. i earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% on groceries. 3% on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. that's 1% back on... [ toy robot sounds ] 2% on pumpkin pie. and apple. 3% back on 4 trips to the airport. it's as easy as... -[ man ] 1... -[ woman ] 2... [ woman ] 3. [ male announcer ] the bank
boehner. that's why european markets have been trading higher the last two trading days because there is optimism that we will see a deal before the end of the year. >>> as always, why are you awake at this hour? shoot us an e-mail at waytooearly@msnbc. we'll read the best responses later in the show. >>> still ahead on "way too early," it only took 24 turnovers and 15 weeks, but jets coach rex ryan benching mark sanchez, but that doesn't mean tim tebow will start...
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boehner. >> let's not kid ourselves. but when i come out the day after the election and make it clear that republicans will put revenue on the table, i took a great risk. and then the white house spends three weeks trying to develop a proposal and they sum one up here that calls for $1.6 trillion in new taxes, calls for not even $4 billion in cuts, and they want to have this extra spending that's actually greater than the amount they're willing to cut. i mean it was not a serious proposal. and so right now we're almost nowhere. >> let me start with -- let me start with joe jan on this thing because you and i often agree. this whole thing here, i just think boehner has never accepted the fact that the rates have to go up at the top. i mean they're talking about deductions and all this finesse, they lost this debate. if there was any issue that came out, the president was dead right. he mads he statement clear. the public wants to have some tax fairness. they don't want the top 2% to hold this thing up. boehner doesn't wan
boehner. >> let's not kid ourselves. but when i come out the day after the election and make it clear that republicans will put revenue on the table, i took a great risk. and then the white house spends three weeks trying to develop a proposal and they sum one up here that calls for $1.6 trillion in new taxes, calls for not even $4 billion in cuts, and they want to have this extra spending that's actually greater than the amount they're willing to cut. i mean it was not a serious...
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it definitely worsened after boehner spoke. go ahead, doug. >> i think it's going to take a significant tax increase to offset the differences between relative valuation between bonds and stocks. i don't think the president has any kind of -- has any idea of that kind of increase in mind. so the differential remains huge. i would add maybe the one thing that's changed a little bit is the u.s. has to take its tough medicine. tough medicine is we have to deal with issues like austerity and budgets and taxes. that's what europe has gone through the last three or four years. my guess is going forward this is the opportunity for europe to outshine the u.s. not that the u.s. will be a bad place to be, but incrementally, i think europe really looks good post-election. >> europe is going to outshine the u.s., huh? >> only because people are expecting such terrible things out of europe that when you expect terrible and you get, you know, so-so, that's an upside surprise any way you look at it. >> all right. we'll leave it there. gentlem
it definitely worsened after boehner spoke. go ahead, doug. >> i think it's going to take a significant tax increase to offset the differences between relative valuation between bonds and stocks. i don't think the president has any kind of -- has any idea of that kind of increase in mind. so the differential remains huge. i would add maybe the one thing that's changed a little bit is the u.s. has to take its tough medicine. tough medicine is we have to deal with issues like austerity and...
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is speaker boehner on the verge of becoming former speaker boehner? the guy who is leading the charge, and he neil: all right, if you are speaker boehner, you don't relish moments like this. but he did admit he just did not have support for a plan b to throw back at the president, saying look, i'm trying to do something. i've got my members on board with raising taxes at least on millionaires, that is what i can do. let's have at it what you can come up with? but they didn't. for that, they don't like a speaker who was bolted from party dogma. ron, what does this mean, for speaker boehner, it never looks good to lose support of our troops, not to say he is in deep trouble but he is in trouble? >> he is in trouble. his speakership is on the ropes this shows tha conservatives and conservatives in house are not willing to put up with someone who will go out to public and advocate for tax hikes, the solutions he has been offering will kill jobs for young people, and leave us a lot of debt in future, make it to where people my age have to live their prime
is speaker boehner on the verge of becoming former speaker boehner? the guy who is leading the charge, and he neil: all right, if you are speaker boehner, you don't relish moments like this. but he did admit he just did not have support for a plan b to throw back at the president, saying look, i'm trying to do something. i've got my members on board with raising taxes at least on millionaires, that is what i can do. let's have at it what you can come up with? but they didn't. for that, they...
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but the president needs john boehner more than john boehner needs the president. >> does the speaker have enough votes inside his caucus to agree to some kind of tax rate hike in the upper echelons of society, does he have enough votes that he can put together with whatever nancy pelosi can stir up and pass it? >> i'm not sure there's support for rate hike, there is support for the revenue by cleaning up the tax code. >> isn't there $800 billion of collected revenue still a tax hike? >> this has been part of the debate for years. looking at cleaning up the code. and candy, getting in there and -- there are so many ways you can do it. maybe you want to cap total deductions, maybe you want to look at some of these tax credits and clean this code up. dave campus p dave's camp has put an incredible amount of time on this. it is the time, this is the opportunity to clean that code up. >> if we don't act before the end of the year, taxes go up for everybody, not for 2%, and it's a lot more than $800 billion. there's a big difference between a temporary tax cut that goes out than's proactiv
but the president needs john boehner more than john boehner needs the president. >> does the speaker have enough votes inside his caucus to agree to some kind of tax rate hike in the upper echelons of society, does he have enough votes that he can put together with whatever nancy pelosi can stir up and pass it? >> i'm not sure there's support for rate hike, there is support for the revenue by cleaning up the tax code. >> isn't there $800 billion of collected revenue still a...
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i think he's also right on boehner. boehner has been under tremendous personal pressure to cut a deal, and when the new congress sits on january 4th, i'm coming to you from virginia right now, and cantor is indeed the next up and he has a lean and hungry look. dennis: a lean and hungry look. if markets don't rally against expectations for the last week of december and into early january, does that mean that the markets are going to be in trouble, or would you basically say well, then buy in because eventually it is going to rally the way it usually does in the last week of december? >> well, the old stock market saw is if santa fails to call, the bears will roam on broad and wall. that also has a pretty high statistical probability. i'm not so sure it plays that way this time because of all the cross currents, because of the fiscal cliff, and i do think that the legislators will get together in the last hour or the first part february -- excuse me, first part of january and try and come to some kind of an agreement. tha
i think he's also right on boehner. boehner has been under tremendous personal pressure to cut a deal, and when the new congress sits on january 4th, i'm coming to you from virginia right now, and cantor is indeed the next up and he has a lean and hungry look. dennis: a lean and hungry look. if markets don't rally against expectations for the last week of december and into early january, does that mean that the markets are going to be in trouble, or would you basically say well, then buy in...
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>> reporter: do you have an appreciation for what obama and boehner are looking at? >> oh, absolutely. i sympathize with both of them. it's not fun for these guys because there's too much at stake. it's fun for me because the worst that happens is my client gets less money, not the end of the world. it may seem that way for the client. >> reporter: even children know you have to cooperate. >> maybe you can work together, build together. maybe you can connect it. what do you think? >> oh yeah. >> reporter: a daily lesson on the playground. working together sprouts even better solutions. >> you want to see my great idea? >> reporter: do you think that these lessons on the playground really need to be transferred to d.c.? >> absolutely. absolutely. we need to find a way to work together to figure out what's going to be acceptable to everybody. we've got to figure it out. otherwise, i mean, we all lose. >> reporter: there's nothing surprising here, because maybe it's just that simple. so if they can do it -- >> how old are you guys? >> 5. >> reporter: maybe the political
>> reporter: do you have an appreciation for what obama and boehner are looking at? >> oh, absolutely. i sympathize with both of them. it's not fun for these guys because there's too much at stake. it's fun for me because the worst that happens is my client gets less money, not the end of the world. it may seem that way for the client. >> reporter: even children know you have to cooperate. >> maybe you can work together, build together. maybe you can connect it. what do...
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what's boehner up to? >> i am not sure what they are up to. at some point, they are going to have to be coordinated. at some point, there will be a new head of the republican party. it looks like it will probably be mitt romney. it's longing strong with nevada coming up this saturday. it looks like he will probably be the nominee pretty soon here, at least the presumptive nominee. but, you know, i think the republicans in some ways have to press the reset button in terms of a lot of their rhetoric in terms of the economy because this president i mean if you look at the numbers, 3.7 million jobs, that's about as many jobs as george bush created in his full eight years so this idea that the president has damaged the economy and, you know, the stimulus package didn't work and that he doesn't know what he is doing, which is mitt romney's argument, the republicans argument. more generally it's starting not to hold up to what is actually happening. i think they don't have anything, republicans, to show for what they have done over this last year whe
what's boehner up to? >> i am not sure what they are up to. at some point, they are going to have to be coordinated. at some point, there will be a new head of the republican party. it looks like it will probably be mitt romney. it's longing strong with nevada coming up this saturday. it looks like he will probably be the nominee pretty soon here, at least the presumptive nominee. but, you know, i think the republicans in some ways have to press the reset button in terms of a lot of their...
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his plan be died. >> let me be clear speaker boehner's plans are nonstarters in the senate. >> boehner appeared on friday morning and said, if this thing were easy, it would d have been done decades ago. >> i am interested in solving the major problemsms that face our country. that means house leaders, senate leaders, and the president, are going to continue to he to work together to address s those concerns. >> the president has liftedis number to 400,000 no tax hikes for anyone the knicks st that in the year. boehner wants to " tax hikes for those making more than 1 million. what happened? >> hdid not have the votes, as simple as thatat. he had to pull back. his o caucus let him wn. he thought he could get the 218 votes he needed from his caucus and they were not there. >> are we going over the cliff? >> there is a chance we could avert that. boehner's statement on friday morning suggests that he was still willing to work k with the president to come up with someththing. ththe outcome is likely to be that the fringes on both parties will have to be forgotten and they will have e to p
his plan be died. >> let me be clear speaker boehner's plans are nonstarters in the senate. >> boehner appeared on friday morning and said, if this thing were easy, it would d have been done decades ago. >> i am interested in solving the major problemsms that face our country. that means house leaders, senate leaders, and the president, are going to continue to he to work together to address s those concerns. >> the president has liftedis number to 400,000 no tax hikes...
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and so i think what boehner was basically saying is that he's putting a flag in the ground. so we're going to see this as an opportunity to get more spending cuts. we're not going to back down ton this. this is make the best opportunity we have to get the cuts we want and stop the growing size of government. i would expect them to follow through on that to a significant degr degree. basically their party demands it. >> we're going to hear what the speaker said as he spoke to reporters before the noontime session. but there was essentially duelling statements between the speaker of the house and nancy pelosi on really what took place inside the meet. based on your reporting, what have you been able to glean? >> well, it sounds like is basically what happened in the debt limit showdown. president obama says i want a clean debt limit increase, which means that it doesn't take into account all the other things. it doesn't necessarily take into account spending cuts or anything like that. and republicans are basically saying we need enough spending cuts that they equal the debt l
and so i think what boehner was basically saying is that he's putting a flag in the ground. so we're going to see this as an opportunity to get more spending cuts. we're not going to back down ton this. this is make the best opportunity we have to get the cuts we want and stop the growing size of government. i would expect them to follow through on that to a significant degr degree. basically their party demands it. >> we're going to hear what the speaker said as he spoke to reporters...
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john boehner says something negative -- david: mark, i have to interrupt. we have the numbers from adobe. bringing it to you first. adam going through the numbers. what are they, adam? >> investors happy beating what was expected of revenue on 1 #.5 billion. inviers wonder how they went to charge in the cloud going to impact and looks they are doing well. back to you. >> by the way, we have the after hour numbers for you, and as you can see, says zero. there's a lot of traders who want to trade afterhours, but trades halted. as soon as they are lifted, we'll tell you, mark sebastian with adobe, interesting they hold shares on good news, mark. >> you know, when they know the news is the type of thing that drives the stock, they don't want anyone front running it. i think that revenue number was really positive for adobe. i'm guessing when it opens, we'll beat that market exception. this could be a good sign. david: company expects to add 125,000 members to the creative cloud subscription, the new subscription service adding 94 million in revenue, going throu
john boehner says something negative -- david: mark, i have to interrupt. we have the numbers from adobe. bringing it to you first. adam going through the numbers. what are they, adam? >> investors happy beating what was expected of revenue on 1 #.5 billion. inviers wonder how they went to charge in the cloud going to impact and looks they are doing well. back to you. >> by the way, we have the after hour numbers for you, and as you can see, says zero. there's a lot of traders who...
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i think that that's what boehner said there. if it does require higher taxes, let's see what they are. don't start, you know -- don't rush the monkey, and you'll see a better show. >> you think they should get rid of the tax credit for the big oil companies, for example? >> what tax credit do they get? >> credits that they've been debating for the last two years now, whether they should end some of those tax credits that the oil companies have enjoyed. >> well, i don't know the tax credits. the oil companies give the same taxing as the manufacturing does and everything else. so when they talk about the tax credits, i don't quite -- they never -- they talk in vague generalities and don't specifically cite what tax credits you're talking about. i think the oil companies -- the only tax credit that could be that they haven't mentioned specifically is intangible drilling costs. that's an easy one to analyze. you cut the intangible drilling cost, you will cut the cap-ex budget for all the oil companies. that's what it amounts to. it'
i think that that's what boehner said there. if it does require higher taxes, let's see what they are. don't start, you know -- don't rush the monkey, and you'll see a better show. >> you think they should get rid of the tax credit for the big oil companies, for example? >> what tax credit do they get? >> credits that they've been debating for the last two years now, whether they should end some of those tax credits that the oil companies have enjoyed. >> well, i don't...
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with boehner, we saw what he did last time around. we don't mind that he forces the democrats, hard core leftists in the conversation, oh, they're trying to scare everybody again, it a rational conversation you have -- the problem is the party doesn't trust john boehner. >> he's out front. heap said any dollar increase in ceiling has to have at least a dollar reduction in spending and he wants the bush tax cuts extended so we don't go into another double dip recession. obama wants to raise taxes and does not want to cut spending. he's going to lose that battle politically, can he not? >> you can't say your hero is winning and president bushing the presidential corner when he has no leverage. the truth of the matter that the debt ceiling cliff that happens after november. so democrats could simply do nothing, the bush tax cuts expire that, would help to solve the deficit problem because that would introduce revenues into the system over the objections, wouldn't matter what republicans want to do. those tax cuts are going to expire at t
with boehner, we saw what he did last time around. we don't mind that he forces the democrats, hard core leftists in the conversation, oh, they're trying to scare everybody again, it a rational conversation you have -- the problem is the party doesn't trust john boehner. >> he's out front. heap said any dollar increase in ceiling has to have at least a dollar reduction in spending and he wants the bush tax cuts extended so we don't go into another double dip recession. obama wants to...
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. >> i know a lot of boehner's people. and john boehner is a really good guy. he just happens to have a rather crappy caucus and i think there a lot of republicans that would admit that that sit in my position. but it's simple, john boehner and barack obama are going to come up with a deal. it's going to be in the last week of the year. this is not the first time that a member of congress and a president have waited until the last me lastment to do something. but the idea that we're going to -- >> jimmy isn't what is most important is republicans are signaling they're trying to move to the center here, they're letting the tax rates expire on those making $1 million or more. it's between now and the end of the year does that threshold move? the republicans want a million dollars threshold on tax rates to expire, obama wants $400,000. where does that needle go in this final week? that's the question to me. >> fine, then let the needle move. i think it's going to be anywhere from $500,000 to $700,000 a year. >> i agree with you. >> if they do that is correct it's
. >> i know a lot of boehner's people. and john boehner is a really good guy. he just happens to have a rather crappy caucus and i think there a lot of republicans that would admit that that sit in my position. but it's simple, john boehner and barack obama are going to come up with a deal. it's going to be in the last week of the year. this is not the first time that a member of congress and a president have waited until the last me lastment to do something. but the idea that we're going...
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i think john boehner is in a nightmare situation. it could not be a cleaner case for republicans defending only the tax cuts for the top 2%. this is very clear. mitt romney tried to parse it and say, well, maybe we'll get revenue from capping deductions. maybe we'll go after the mortgage interest or some other deductions. that was litigated. they lost. it's simple and clear to everyone that 98% of the tax cuts could go through tomorrow, today, any time if boehner got out of the way. but he still has the rejectionists in the lame duck caucus, and i think he's a little afraid the right flank might come at that speakership he has to reup for on january. he has to talk the tea party, talk even though he knows it's a losing proposition. >> i know you're a progressive, and that's why i love you. but let's talk politics. why does a political party that hopes to get 51% of the country in the next presidential election put all its stock in 2%? >> well, you're dealing with reality. the reality -- >> yeah. >> the tea party caucus of the house w
i think john boehner is in a nightmare situation. it could not be a cleaner case for republicans defending only the tax cuts for the top 2%. this is very clear. mitt romney tried to parse it and say, well, maybe we'll get revenue from capping deductions. maybe we'll go after the mortgage interest or some other deductions. that was litigated. they lost. it's simple and clear to everyone that 98% of the tax cuts could go through tomorrow, today, any time if boehner got out of the way. but he...
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he didn't whack boehner or make a distinction between democrats and republicans. he sort of vaguely -- he attacked the vague congress, but at the end of the day, it's quite clear he can bring a lot more democrats to the table who are willing to compromise, maybe give on issues they don't want to give on than boehner can. so it's not even a congressional problem. it's a house republican problem. and think at some point in time the president is going to have to change his message a little bit to make that abundantly clear to those americans who are listening. >> you know, i hear your frustration and criticism with speaker boehner. a part of me feels sorry for him. >> i wish i could. >> i linger under the belief that president obama and speaker boehner in a room together could cut a deal. i think boehner can't crow his colleagues. >> well, yes rk, that's true an i've heard that sympathy for boehner and that's true, but on the other hand, leaders are able to solve problems an he hasn't been able to solve it at all. >> as a fallback plan to protect the middle class, re
he didn't whack boehner or make a distinction between democrats and republicans. he sort of vaguely -- he attacked the vague congress, but at the end of the day, it's quite clear he can bring a lot more democrats to the table who are willing to compromise, maybe give on issues they don't want to give on than boehner can. so it's not even a congressional problem. it's a house republican problem. and think at some point in time the president is going to have to change his message a little bit to...
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boehner is the powerful player here. as always, thank you. rich edson at the white house, and craig smith in arizona. now, craig, i could be ovanalyzing, but i'm beginning to see the inkling of and structuring of is the deal that would potentially save face on republicans on revenues saying it might not be a raise, but closing loopholes and that thing. the president might buy that, might not, but because they left out specifics and boehner left out specifics yesterday, me thinks there is wiggle rooms on revenues. on spending, then, up to the republicans to see the democrats open to reigning in the growth of the entitlements so you don't throw granny off the cliff. how do you score the likelihood of progress next week. >> i wish i could be as optimistic as you, neilment i listenedded to the president's speech, and i was infear rated. he did not offer an olive pit let alone an olive branch. they say in life you can tell where the truth is after the but. that neil cvuto, he's a great guy, but -- and then you go on and say what you feel. okay? he
boehner is the powerful player here. as always, thank you. rich edson at the white house, and craig smith in arizona. now, craig, i could be ovanalyzing, but i'm beginning to see the inkling of and structuring of is the deal that would potentially save face on republicans on revenues saying it might not be a raise, but closing loopholes and that thing. the president might buy that, might not, but because they left out specifics and boehner left out specifics yesterday, me thinks there is wiggle...
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house speaker john boehner is taking it from all directions this week. president obama and democrats are ripping him for resisting tax hikes on the rich. boehner's own party is giving him a hard time for not resisting hard enough. chief political correspondent carl cam has a deeper look at -- carl cameron has a deeper look at that story. >> john boehner is trying to stave off conservative rebellion in the ranks. his proposal to steer clear of the fiscal cliff raising tax revenue $800 billion closing the loopholes outraged antitax conservatives. when the speaker removed the conserve priv key committees in the past, the battle began. >> $800 billion over ten years and that looks like it would be a tax increase to me. 238 republicans, myself included, took a pledge not to raise taxes. they want to send a message to me to send a message to others. that we are not going to tolerate people who are interested in doing what is right. we want to play the same old game. if you try to disrupt that, we will knock you off a committee. >> for refusing to tow the leade
house speaker john boehner is taking it from all directions this week. president obama and democrats are ripping him for resisting tax hikes on the rich. boehner's own party is giving him a hard time for not resisting hard enough. chief political correspondent carl cam has a deeper look at -- carl cameron has a deeper look at that story. >> john boehner is trying to stave off conservative rebellion in the ranks. his proposal to steer clear of the fiscal cliff raising tax revenue $800...
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has boehner gone too far? >> he is under a lot of pressure on that, but the question i'm sure he kws his vote as well, john boehner trying to save as much as he can to keep the economy from collapsing. i think it's a great job. i wish he didn't have to go this far and i wish we could've got the extension all the tax cuts but i don't think that is possible. i admire him foroing tha although i wish we could've gotten more of the tax cut through. gerri: he said this morning real discussion of tax reform and entiements will have to take place next year, but att that point what kind of leverage will the republican party have to make that happen? >> it is not going to happ in this next two years, there is no real reform that will happe you may get a piece here or there but you get a real fundamental change with a-determia-determi ner low rate flat tax spending restraint, free trade: minimal relation, that will not happen until the politics of this country changes, change the senate and the white house to be will to
has boehner gone too far? >> he is under a lot of pressure on that, but the question i'm sure he kws his vote as well, john boehner trying to save as much as he can to keep the economy from collapsing. i think it's a great job. i wish he didn't have to go this far and i wish we could've got the extension all the tax cuts but i don't think that is possible. i admire him foroing tha although i wish we could've gotten more of the tax cut through. gerri: he said this morning real discussion...
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boehner came out and said we should raise taxes. >> i think boehner is doing the best he can to prevent marginal tax rates from rising. i think that's a very noble cause after conservatives and republicans lost in the last election. i think boehner's done the exact right thing. >> i've heard you make the bold case for conservatism on this show. we should advocate for what worked with ronald reagan. guess what? our economy took off. we got 20 million jobs and youth unemployment dropped 43%. and revenues doubled. >> that's not the issue. >> yes, it is. >> that's not john boehner's issue. john boehner didn't lose the presidency, my friend. and don't forget that. and by the way, conservatives did not win the presidency and conservatives did not win the senate. it was a lousy year. and you have to deal with that. and let me add one thing. i am a flat tax supply sider and i worked for ronald reagan. reagan compromised. he compromised in 1982 over a lousy deal which he regretted. he compromised in 1983 over a very good social security fix. and then he compromised again in 1986 over a very good
boehner came out and said we should raise taxes. >> i think boehner is doing the best he can to prevent marginal tax rates from rising. i think that's a very noble cause after conservatives and republicans lost in the last election. i think boehner's done the exact right thing. >> i've heard you make the bold case for conservatism on this show. we should advocate for what worked with ronald reagan. guess what? our economy took off. we got 20 million jobs and youth unemployment...
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>>neil: the president and speaker boehner meeting. is it because my superpowers are clearly working? a reminder that is built to scale. no need to thank me now, citizens of earth because we may have gotten them together, but yours truly is not happy with what he is hearing. >> welcome, everyone, on a busy morning, i am neil cavuto. one step back, 21 days before the big day. the deal taking shape would put off $100 million in spending cuts by finding savings now but the cuts could be addressed next fall with the potential tax hike as a trigger, a reverse sequestration. so back up for the tax hikes. that would be like me saying i will go on a diet next year. it doesn't mean i will be eating fewer canollis this year. it is time to watch this, my co-super hero. what do you make of this? i'm not encouraged. >>guest: not encouraged. we started hearing when speaker boehner started talking framework, that is kicking the can down the road. the irony is, the debt ceiling debacle from last year they said it would be the last one, when we come to
>>neil: the president and speaker boehner meeting. is it because my superpowers are clearly working? a reminder that is built to scale. no need to thank me now, citizens of earth because we may have gotten them together, but yours truly is not happy with what he is hearing. >> welcome, everyone, on a busy morning, i am neil cavuto. one step back, 21 days before the big day. the deal taking shape would put off $100 million in spending cuts by finding savings now but the cuts could be...
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speaker boehner's plans are nonstarters in the senate. >> boehner appeared friday morning and said, if this thing were easy, it would have been done decades ago. >> i am interested in solving the major problems that face our country. that means house leaders, senate leaders, and the president, are going to have to continue to work together to address those concerns. >> the president lifted his number to 400,000, no tax hikes for anyone making less than that, boehner says the million, still no deal. what happened out there? >> he did not have the votes, simple as that. he had to pull back. his own caucus let him down. he thought he could get the 218 votes he needed on of his caucus and they were not there. >> are we going over the cliff? >> i think there is still a chance we can avert that. boehner's statement on friday morning get that he was still willing to work with the president to come up with something. the outcome has to be that the fringes on both parties need to be forgotten and they need to have to pulin and of republicans of a moderate nature and e jorityf decratto make this
speaker boehner's plans are nonstarters in the senate. >> boehner appeared friday morning and said, if this thing were easy, it would have been done decades ago. >> i am interested in solving the major problems that face our country. that means house leaders, senate leaders, and the president, are going to have to continue to work together to address those concerns. >> the president lifted his number to 400,000, no tax hikes for anyone making less than that, boehner says the...
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john boehner has already had one. he's going to have a second one. looks like something good is going to happen. if that happens, let's put our optimistic hats on. how good would that be for stocks? >> well, we have the economy moving ahead slowly now. with an acceleration, i believe, coming from rising housing prices and rising housing starts. housing prices in this country, which have been going down for five or six years, in the last six months have started up and they're up broadry and stro rly in many markets. this is not only going to drive housing starts higher but be a tremendous positive for consumer confidence because along with stocks, the value of people's house, the biggest asset they have. it's been under downward pressure. now it's headed the other way. >> right. i agree. this may have had an impact on the election, by the way, because it's so important to individuals. but let me just take you through this. if the so-called fiscal cliff is solved, we avoid the big year-end tax increase, ken heebner, what concerns a lot of people is tha
john boehner has already had one. he's going to have a second one. looks like something good is going to happen. if that happens, let's put our optimistic hats on. how good would that be for stocks? >> well, we have the economy moving ahead slowly now. with an acceleration, i believe, coming from rising housing prices and rising housing starts. housing prices in this country, which have been going down for five or six years, in the last six months have started up and they're up broadry...
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onto boehner's plan. boehner's plan is $1.263 trillion in new tax revenue, $1.4 trillion in spending cuts. a total of 2.663 altogether, total savings. these numbers put together by our brain room. the two planets line up like this, are we having a problem with graphics or what. here it is. look at these numbers, over 10 years 4.6 trillion, boehner plan about the same, there is not that much difference here. given the fact we will add almost $10 trillion in deficits over the next 10 years whether either of the plans are enacted we will still have $21 trillion in debt by 2022. i thought maybe i would see the soldiers again. which makes me think thanks washington for nothing. they would do little to save the financial mess. gimmicks, all gimmicks. coming up, picking tea party favorite for the senate seat. reaction on what it means for the future of the g.o.p. copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, m breathing better. so now i cane in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly impro
onto boehner's plan. boehner's plan is $1.263 trillion in new tax revenue, $1.4 trillion in spending cuts. a total of 2.663 altogether, total savings. these numbers put together by our brain room. the two planets line up like this, are we having a problem with graphics or what. here it is. look at these numbers, over 10 years 4.6 trillion, boehner plan about the same, there is not that much difference here. given the fact we will add almost $10 trillion in deficits over the next 10 years...
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so let boehner be boehner. host: the tax code, changes to the overall tax code next year. how likely is that? guest: i think it's likely. it won't be immediate. you want to get it right as you possibly can but that's a leverage point for john boehner. latestot focus on the rates, we know there are all these other areas where we can begin to grab revenue and pull it back into the government. and i think that's going to give him some leverage but he's going to need that leverage going into this and not be second guessed. host: our first call is from maryland but i want to put this on the table. is michael steele interested in running for governor in 2014? guest: i don't know. i love my state. it's where i was born and i'm not happy with what i see there. a lot of frustration. we've had a lot of spending in the state and a lot of tax increases and i think people are looking for something that is going to be a little different. it's a tough state and -- host: tough state for a republican? guest: tough state for a republican and it's one of those opportunities you have to look
so let boehner be boehner. host: the tax code, changes to the overall tax code next year. how likely is that? guest: i think it's likely. it won't be immediate. you want to get it right as you possibly can but that's a leverage point for john boehner. latestot focus on the rates, we know there are all these other areas where we can begin to grab revenue and pull it back into the government. and i think that's going to give him some leverage but he's going to need that leverage going into this...
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speaker john boehner has to be re-elected. if he does sort of curve to the left and finds his way down the middle, he can almost guarantee he's re-elected; right? >> well, he has to earn the trust of republicans, particularly conservative republicans. if he brings it through and pushes it through, that ruins the republican brand forever. we barely convinced the american people we're against tax increases, but if they pass a tax increases, we're on the road to the minority. that worries members of the conference irrespective of the cliff created, again, by a bad deeing in august 20 # 11 that the american people said don't raise the ceiling, washington raised it, cut spending in the future. that sounds awfully familiar from the white house and out of the speaker and the majority leaders as well. tracy: do you have anied what's -- whatever boehner presented to the white house tonight, do you have any idea what's in the compromise? >> none whatsoever, no details gimp to us, again, undecled cuts, but what i can be certain about, an
speaker john boehner has to be re-elected. if he does sort of curve to the left and finds his way down the middle, he can almost guarantee he's re-elected; right? >> well, he has to earn the trust of republicans, particularly conservative republicans. if he brings it through and pushes it through, that ruins the republican brand forever. we barely convinced the american people we're against tax increases, but if they pass a tax increases, we're on the road to the minority. that worries...
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the president met with harry reid and spoke with john boehner. is a grand bargain still possible when everyone is leaving town? >> a week from the shooting massacre that left 20 children and six educators dead, we have heard plenty of people calling for new gun control laws but very little from the national rifle association until now. in a bizarre news conference, the head of the nchl ra said the solution of gun violence in this country is simple, more guns. armed officers in every school. it is the same line we have heard before from the nra. has the country's relationship with guns fundamentally changed since newtown. what we saw last night from house republicans is yet another symptom of a real problem for the gop. they don't believe in compromise. they have lurnlged too far to the right. president obama tapped kerry to be the next secretary of state. let me finish with the great new movie about getting bin laden and how one person can make a huge difference. we begin with where things stand on the fiscal cliff. david corn is the washington b
the president met with harry reid and spoke with john boehner. is a grand bargain still possible when everyone is leaving town? >> a week from the shooting massacre that left 20 children and six educators dead, we have heard plenty of people calling for new gun control laws but very little from the national rifle association until now. in a bizarre news conference, the head of the nchl ra said the solution of gun violence in this country is simple, more guns. armed officers in every...
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we have a bright side yesterday when john boehner came here to the white house. house speaker to talk to president obama. first individual one on one meeting since the election and that meeting and some other signals that have been sent publicly by both parties have caused some noted skeptics of us getting a fiscal cliff deal. >> i think the atmospherics are getting so much better. we've gotten out after ka bookie theater and gone to dancing the tango with those two guys. any time you start to tango, you have a chance. >> chances of getting it done now are better. i think that's what's key. >> part of that tango is republicans cracking on tax rates. that's what president obama will be talking about in michigan today. keeping the public pressure on. but the part for the administrator point of view, tyler, is what do they live john boehner so he can bring his troops along, entitlement, spending cuts, to tell their members we got a good deal. >> john, i find it curious to find that president spent as much time as he has on the road trying to drum up support for this
we have a bright side yesterday when john boehner came here to the white house. house speaker to talk to president obama. first individual one on one meeting since the election and that meeting and some other signals that have been sent publicly by both parties have caused some noted skeptics of us getting a fiscal cliff deal. >> i think the atmospherics are getting so much better. we've gotten out after ka bookie theater and gone to dancing the tango with those two guys. any time you...
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striking, we were at breakfast with house speaker john boehner. he insisted the personal relationship with president obama is good the professional veap strikingly bad at this point. speaker boehner says he has not spoken to the president in over a month. he has given up governing as of last labor day and only priority is extending the payroll tax cut boehner describes it as trying to work out with a deal that never negotiated before. pretty striking donate from the speaker of the house. what may get accomplished between the capitol hill between now and the next election. >> brett: mike, where lawmakers come afterwards to spin what they sau thought about the state of the union address. we'll head back as necessary as we get some of that reaction. governor mitch daniels, a governor of indiana and turned that economy around once thought to be really a star, a hope for the republican party and the presidential race. he is now said he is not going to run even though there are still people within the republican party saying he should still throw thinks
striking, we were at breakfast with house speaker john boehner. he insisted the personal relationship with president obama is good the professional veap strikingly bad at this point. speaker boehner says he has not spoken to the president in over a month. he has given up governing as of last labor day and only priority is extending the payroll tax cut boehner describes it as trying to work out with a deal that never negotiated before. pretty striking donate from the speaker of the house. what...
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boehner knows he's on the wrong side of the fight and so does mitt romney. mitt romney was in ohio today trying to sound very concerned about education. instead, he sounded once again like he's seriously out of touch. >> this kind of divisiveness, this attack of success is very different than what we have seen in our country's history. we have always encouraged young people, take a shot, go for it. take a risk. get the education. borrow money from your parents. >> someone needs to held him not every kid in america has parents whoare millionaires. was it just last week that in pennsylvania the republican de facto nominee was sitting down with middle classers talking about education. they were telling him we're concerned about our local schools. we're concerned about education. we're concerned about our kids futures. there's been a lot of budget cuts. why did he just say you got to suck it up. you got to send your kid to college. you got to just borrow your kid some money. this is about the dumbest thing he's said on the campaign trial. this is proof positive
boehner knows he's on the wrong side of the fight and so does mitt romney. mitt romney was in ohio today trying to sound very concerned about education. instead, he sounded once again like he's seriously out of touch. >> this kind of divisiveness, this attack of success is very different than what we have seen in our country's history. we have always encouraged young people, take a shot, go for it. take a risk. get the education. borrow money from your parents. >> someone needs to...